Hey everyone. It's almost Top 32 reveal time. It is an exciting time! Lots of hope and expectation. Passions run high. Heck, I don't even know the identities of those who made it, so I am excited too!

So, given that state of emotion, I thought I might share a few ideas from my experiences over the prior years.

First, Congrats to everyone who entered! Whether you made it or not, just trying is winning in my book! You should be proud of yourselves.

Second, I made a (soon to be) locked placeholder thread for our traditional "critique my item" thread. Please don't post there yet. Let's let today be about the people who advanced.

Third, there will be a few of you who are miffed that your item didn't make it. As a designer myself, I understand that feeling. Please keep in mind the amazing nature of these boards, their civility and collegiality. Every year, it seems, we have one epic flameout. Don't let that be you. Even if you are upset. Take a day, step away, breathe. There will be time to get feedback. If you are really upset, it might be smart to wait a day or two to post comments. If you didn't make it, please do so with dignity and grace.

Fourth, there were a lot of good items this year and our job was difficult. There were a bunch of items in the keep folder that, but for want of a judge championing them, could have made the cut. So please know as a community my observation is that you are all getting better as designers.

Fifth, and finally, to those who make it--be cool. You will be understandably excited. But the vast majority of people didn't. So while some understandable excitement is obviously in order, now begins your time in the spotlight and how you conduct yourself can impact your success at RPG Superstar. So much like my thoughts for those who didn't make the cut, if you did advance please do so with dignity, grace and humility.

Well as the final hours draw near, I just wanted to say thank you judges for putting in so much effort and thank you to everyone who entered to make this an amazing competition. *crosses fingers for the next 2 hours and 46 minutes.

Hey everyone. It's almost Top 32 reveal time. It is an exciting time! Lots of hope and expectation. Passions run high. Heck, I don't even know the identities of those who made it, so I am excited too!

So, given that state of emotion, I thought I might share a few ideas from my experiences over the prior years.

First, Congrats to everyone who entered! Whether you made it or not, just trying is winning in my book! You should be proud of yourselves.

Second, I made a (soon to be) locked placeholder thread for our traditional "critique my item" thread. Please don't post there yet. Let's let today be about the people who advanced.

Third, there will be a few of you who are miffed that your item didn't make it. As a designer myself, I understand that feeling. Please keep in mind the amazing nature of these boards, their civility and collegiality. Every year, it seems, we have one epic flameout. Don't let that be you. Even if you are upset. Take a day, step away, breathe. There will be time to get feedback. If you are really upset, it might be smart to wait a day or two to post comments. If you didn't make it, please do so with dignity and grace.

Fourth, there were a lot of good items this year and our job was difficult. There were a bunch of items in the keep folder that, but for want of a judge championing them, could have made the cut. So please know as a community my observation is that you are all getting better as designers.

Fifth, and finally, to those who make it--be cool. You will be understandably excited. But the vast majority of people didn't. So while some understandable excitement is obviously in order, now begins your time in the spotlight and how you conduct yourself can impact your success at RPG Superstar. So much like my thoughts for those who didn't make the cut, if you did advance please do so with dignity, grace and humility.

Just a few thoughts. I've been doing this for a couple years now :)

my emphasis, Clark's grace and dignity.

Ma always said count to 10, then count to 10 backwards. (practice that preview button too :). Congrats just for entering.

HUGE thanks to Clark, Neil, Ryan, and Sean for their countless hours reviewing, critiquing, and fighting over our submissions. It takes a lot of time, dedication, and sacrifice to make this contest everything it is - THANK YOU! RPG Superstar is one of the best things to happen for this game, and we're very lucky for Lisa, Eric, James, and all the awesome people at Paizo for their love of the game. This contest is a lot of fun, as a competitor or voter, and I'm looking forward to seeing all the great entries.

You all make me sad. The reveal is 11pm here. I could have used it at say 2, 3 or 5.

No really though, back on topic. I'd like to use this slight before the reveal moment to congratulate everyone on being a part of this, whether submitting, making top 32, winning, judging or even just posting positive, interested comment, reading or voting - you're all a part of this, and part of what makes it special and wonderful - enjoy!

Best of luck to everyone, to the 32 (may we see many, excellent items, and may you don't despair over organizations and make awesome organizations everyone of you, so that we'll want to advance not 16, but 32) and finally, most of all an enormous thank you to everyone at Paizo for making this possible, and to each of the judges for making this awesome.

Congrats to all who entered. I have the Superstar page up so I hopefully beat the mad rush and check the results before rushing off to class (and then back to work, boo). I'm excited for this contest to finally get started and am looking forward to what the Top 32 came up with.

I had managed to keep a pretty even keel over this whole thing until about twenty minutes ago. I went on lunch break and my roommate asked me what the status on the contest was and now I'm too pumped to do anything but wig out over it.

A preemptive congratulations to all the winners. And a huge thank you for the judges for taking the time to carefully consider everyone equally and fairly. This was an interesting experience if nothing else.

Just want to thank the judges once again for sifting through the haystack, looking for that golden needle. You guys have a tough job, and I know that we all appreciate it. Best of luck to all the contestants!

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